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R.I.P. Pebble: https://developer.rebble.io/developer.pebble.com/community/apps/caltrain/index.html https://developer.rebble.io/developer.pebble.com/community/a

R.I.P. Pebble: https://developer.rebble.io/developer.pebble.com/community/apps/caltrain/index.html https://developer.rebble.io/developer.pebble.com/community/a... """ Caltrain is a Pebble app that displays upcoming trains at a station, and where those trains will stop along the remainder of each of their routes. Finally, it uses PebbleKit JS to retrieve your location on launch. If it gets a response before you manually choose a station, it will automatically show the station closest to you. """ ...you could literally map that "applet" to long-press on a button, and get the info in like 5 seconds. For extra "dick tracy" spice, call an uber from your wristwatch with 3-4 clicks (long-press, ok, next, ok => "your uber will arrive in __ minutes"). Actually, reviewing the app docs, it looks like it was only two long-presses to request $LAST_USED_CAR to $CURRENT_LOCATION. https://www.uber.com/blog/pebble-smartwatch/ https://www.uber.com/blog/pebble-smartwatch/ https://pebble-help-legacy.rebble.io/help.getpebble.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1993192-uber-app6d9c.html?b_id=8309 https://pebble-help-legacy.rebble.io/help.getpebble.com/cust... Buttons, people! Buttons!

hiatus 2y ago
We've really taken steps backwards since pebble. We used to be able to respond to messages by talking into our wrists, for ~$100. I switched to Garmin after using rebble for a bit, and that's the feature I miss most.
- ramses0 2y ago
  I'm the reverse, I never wanted to "input" to the wrist, but really appreciated the notifications, Bluetooth disconnect warnings, "the timeline" interface, and the necessarily limiting interface of 4 buttons (specifically: music control while in the shower... play/pause, next track, pick a station from a list, etc). Totally understand how some loved the ability to compose/respond to messages, but that never made sense to me. Garmin, Amazfit, and BangleJS comes close, but #buttons, #battery, and #b&w (well, always on, transflective, sunlight readable)

hiatus 2y ago

We've really taken steps backwards since pebble. We used to be able to respond to messages by talking into our wrists, for ~$100. I switched to Garmin after using rebble for a bit, and that's the feature I miss most.

ramses0 2y ago
I'm the reverse, I never wanted to "input" to the wrist, but really appreciated the notifications, Bluetooth disconnect warnings, "the timeline" interface, and the necessarily limiting interface of 4 buttons (specifically: music control while in the shower... play/pause, next track, pick a station from a list, etc). Totally understand how some loved the ability to compose/respond to messages, but that never made sense to me. Garmin, Amazfit, and BangleJS comes close, but #buttons, #battery, and #b&w (well, always on, transflective, sunlight readable)